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Top Stories
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North Korea Seen Restarting Work on Atomic Reactor
North Korea has restarted assembly of an atomic energy reactor, the 38 North website said in a Wednesday analysis that examined satellite pictures taken through late April.
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Iran, EU Negotiators Prepare Draft Atomic "Confidence-Building Package"
Negotiators from Iran and European Union have worked on a potential "confidence-building package" that could serve as an initial basis for assuaging international fears over possible steps by the Persian Gulf power toward acquiring nuclear weapons, the London Guardian reported on Wednesday.
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Iranian Space Shot Plan Prompts Muted Response
An Iranian plan to fire a research instrument into space next Wednesday has generated little reaction in the United States and elsewhere, in part due to technical factors limiting the project's relevance to potential development of an ICBM capability, Wired magazine reported on Wednesday.
Other Current Stories
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Top Air Force Officer Rejects Advice on Nuclear Arms Cuts
A new analysis backed by a former top U.S. nuclear commander is incorrect in calling for sharp curbs to the nation's strategic forces, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz said in Wednesday comments reported by Defense News.
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Russia Imprisons Man Over Missile Data Leak
May 18, 2012 | SLBMsA Russian court on Friday sentenced a domestic arms sector employee to eight years in prison after finding the man guilty of supplying sensitive missile data to intelligence officials from another nation, the Associated Press reported.
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Russian, U.S. Lawmakers Should Back Missile Defense Pledge, Antonov Says
An agreement that U.S. missile interceptors will not be aimed at Russian nuclear forces should be approved by legislators in both nations, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Anatoly Antonov said in a Friday Bloomberg article.
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House Backs Amendment on Maintaining WMD Response Teams
May 18, 2012 | Bio-Preparedness and Response , Preparedness and Response, Chemical , Preparedness and Response, NuclearThe U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday approved without dissent an amendment to its fiscal 2013 defense authorization bill aimed at preventing the elimination of two National Guard Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Teams, one lawmaker announced.
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Pentagon-Funded Research Could Bolster Bioweapon Scanner Tech
May 18, 2012 | Infectious Disease DetectionFindings published earlier this week could lay the groundwork for advancements in portable biological-weapon scanner technology, the Journal of Visualized Experiments announced.
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House Panel Delivers $75M for Planned Biodefense Lab
A U.S. homeland security funding bill passed by the House Appropriations Committee on Wednesday provides $75 million for the planned National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility in Kansas, the Kansas City Business Journal reported.
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Y-12 to Employ "Nondestructive" Nuke Component Evaluation Procedure
May 17, 2012 | Nuclear Weapons ComplexThe Y-12 National Security Complex in Tennessee is set in May to begin its first use of a procedure that could assess nuclear-weapon components for degradation while leaving the part intact, the Knoxville News Sentinel reported on Wednesday.
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Suspicious Mailings Hit Western Diplomatic Missions in Pakistan
Mailings containing a black, granular substance arrived on Wednesday at a number of Western diplomatic missions in Pakistan, government sources said in an Agence France-Presse report.
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Senator Pushes Amendment to Save NY WMD Response Unit
May 17, 2012 | Bio-Preparedness and Response , Preparedness and Response, Chemical , Preparedness and Response, Nuclear , Preparedness and Response, RadiologicalThe junior senator from New York state on Wednesday presented an amendment for consideration within the annual defense authorization bill that would protect one of her state's National Guard WMD response units from being dissolved.
Quote of the Day
Jeffrey Lewis, head of the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies' East Asia Nonproliferation Program, discussing the difference between demonstrating the capacity to send rockets into space and being able to mount continent-spanning ballistic missile attacks.It’s still not a friggin’ ICBM.
